Stafford County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section (u) UD Urban Development

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 40 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Extracted standards

6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Build-to-zone defined

    The build-to-zone is the area on the lot where a certain percentage of the front building facade must be located, measured as a minimum and maximum setback range from the edge of the right-of-way or edge of the sidewalk, whichever is greater.

  • Primary and side street setbacks are measured from the edge of the right-of-way. Side setbacks are measured from the side property line. Rear setbacks are measured from the rear property line or the edge of the right-of-way if there is an alley.

  • There are four (4) types of setbacks: Primary street setback, side street setback, side setback, and rear setback. Through lots are considered to have two (2) primary street setbacks.

  • Street facing entrance required

    An entrance providing both ingress and egress, operable to residents or customers at all times, is required to meet the street facing entrance requirements. Additional entrances off another street, pedestrian area or internal parking area are permitted.

Parking

From the ordinance

This section establishes each building type to ensure that proposed development is consistent with the district goals for building form, physical character, land use, and quality.
Section (u) UD Urban Development